1981
🔙 Backtrack — 1981
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
1981. TV low. A Yoo-hoo. A Fruit Roll-Up. Outside, you'd spend your last quarter at the mall arcade.
📼 Saturday cartoons
Billboard Year-End Hot 100
📊 Full chart →- 1
Bette Davis EyesKim Carnes - 2
Endless LoveLionel Richie & Diana Ross - 3
LadyKenny Rogers - 4
(Just Like) Starting OverJohn Lennon - 5
Jessie's GirlRick Springfield - 6
CelebrationKool & The Gang - 7
Kiss On My ListDaryl Hall & John Oates - 8
I Love a Rainy NightEddie Rabbitt - 9
9 to 5Dolly Parton - 10
Keep On Loving YouREO Speedwagon - 11
![Theme from the Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not) [feat. Joey Scarbury & Larry Carlton] by Mike Post — cover art](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/fb/1a/5a/mzi.durzlqjj.jpg/600x600bb.jpg)
Theme from the Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not) [feat. Joey Scarbury & Larry Carlton]Mike Post - 12
Morning Train (Nine to Five)Sheena Easton - 13
Being With YouSmokey Robinson - 14
Queen of HeartsJuice Newton - 15
RaptureBlondie - 16
A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio - 17The Tide Is HighBlondie
- 18
Just the Two of Us (feat. Bill Withers)Grover Washington, Jr. - 19
Slow HandThe Pointer Sisters - 20
I Love YouClimax Blues Band - 21
WomanJohn Lennon - 22
SukiyakiA Taste of Honey - 23
The Winner Takes It AllABBA - 24
"Stars on 45" a - Side (Beatles Medley)Stars On 45 - 25
Angel of the MorningJuice Newton
More from 1981
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🎬 Movies of 1981
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🎚️ Related vibes
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What does 1981 remind you of?
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of 1981.
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🎵 1981 albums on vinyl
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